Tension rises between government and union over return to offices

Tension rises between government and union over return to offices

Queensland’s public sector union is concerned the push by Queensland politicians for public servants to return to city offices means some flexible working conditions will be lost.

  • byTony Moore

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CCC boss warns public servants to stop breaching citizens’ privacy

CCC boss warns public servants to stop breaching citizens’ privacy

Accessing private data illegally can lead to “disastrous consequences”,the Crime and Corruption Commission has warned Queensland’s public servants.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Public servants who failed Mason Jet Lee should ‘have had employment terminated’

Public servants who failed Mason Jet Lee should ‘have had employment terminated’

Queensland’s public sector watchdog has found punishment given to child safety officers who failed to protect Caboolture toddler Mason Jet Lee was “manifestly inadequate”.

  • byLydia Lynch
'I could not think':Health boss defends official's office renovation

'I could not think':Health boss defends official's office renovation

Queensland Health director-general John Wakefield has defended the $8000 renovation of a bureaucrat's office during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Qld public servants feel burnt out,bullied and tied up in red tape

Qld public servants feel burnt out,bullied and tied up in red tape

Public sector workers have laid out their gripes in an annual employee survey.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
More public servants earning big bucks despite economic downturn

More public servants earning big bucks despite economic downturn

About 14 per cent of the public sector now earn more than $120,000 a year.

  • byLydia Lynch
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Ask a Reporter:Your Queensland budget questions answered

Ask a Reporter:Your Queensland budget questions answered

Politician pay rises,arts funding and dividends from electricity companies. Our reporters answer your questions about the Queensland budget.

  • byFelicity Caldwell andLydia Lynch
Queensland public service wages bill to hit $26 billion

Queensland public service wages bill to hit $26 billion

Treasurer Cameron Dick has flagged the government might scrap a key measure designed to keep a lid on costs.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Queensland's public service wage bill surges by $500 million

Queensland's public service wage bill surges by $500 million

Queensland's wage bill has blown out by a half a billion dollars this year.

  • byLydia Lynch andToby Crockford
How dollar-toting Dick plans to shave $3 billion from public sector

How dollar-toting Dick plans to shave $3 billion from public sector

Brandishing the first dollar he ever earned,Queensland's Treasurer spells out massive changes and cuts to come for the public service.

  • byLucy Stone
Queensland hospital workers walk off the job over pay freeze

Queensland hospital workers walk off the job over pay freeze

In April,Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced public servants would have pay rises frozen for 12-months affecting tens of thousands of police,teachers,nurses and firefighters.

  • byLydia Lynch